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Timestamp:
07/08/2011 07:15:37 AM (15 years ago)
Author:
mintindeed
Message:

External related posts revamp

Location:
external-related-posts/trunk
Files:
2 added
2 deleted
3 edited

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  • external-related-posts/trunk/external-related-posts.php

    r291505 r406612  
    22/*
    33Plugin Name: External Related Posts
    4 Plugin URI: http://www.gabrielkoen.com/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/external-related-posts/
     4Plugin URI: http://gabrielkoen.com/wordpress-plugins/external-related-posts/
    55Description: Grabs related links from Google Blog Search, inserts a link to them into your post and gives them a pingback.
    6 Version: 1.1
     6Version: 1.2
    77Author: Gabriel Koen
    8 Author URI: http://www.gabrielkoen.com/
     8Author URI: http://gabrielkoen.com/
     9License: GPL2
    910*/
    1011
    11 if( !class_exists( 'ExternalRelatedPosts' ) ) {
    12     require_once('ExternalRelatedPosts.php');
     12/*  Copyright 2011  Gabriel Koen  (email : gabriel.koen@gmail.com)
     13
     14    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     15    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
     16    published by the Free Software Foundation.
     17
     18    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     19    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     20    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     21    GNU General Public License for more details.
     22
     23    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     24    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     25    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
     26*/
     27
     28// Plugin is not needed when doing ajax calls
     29if ( !defined('DOING_AJAX') || !DOING_AJAX ) {
     30    // Plugin directory needs to be the same as the plugin filename
     31    $plugin_path = dirname( __FILE__ );
     32
     33    include_once $plugin_path . '/class-external-related-posts-options.php';
     34    add_action('plugins_loaded', 'external_related_posts_options_loader');
     35
     36    include_once $plugin_path . '/class-external-related-posts.php';
     37    add_action('plugins_loaded', 'external_related_posts_loader');
    1338}
    1439
    15 if( class_exists( 'ExternalRelatedPosts' ) ) {
    16     set_time_limit(0);
    17     $external_related_posts = new ExternalRelatedPosts;
    18     register_activation_hook(__FILE__, array(&$external_related_posts, 'activate'));
    19     add_action('publish_post', array(&$external_related_posts, 'save_post'));
    20     add_action('admin_menu', 'erp_admin_menu');
    21     add_action('admin_init', 'erp_admin_init');
     40/**
     41 * For loading ExternalRelatedPosts via WordPress action
     42 *
     43 * @since 1.2
     44 * @version 1.2
     45 */
     46function external_related_posts_loader() {
     47    new ExternalRelatedPosts();
     48}
    2249
    23     function erp_admin_menu() {
    24         add_options_page("External Related Posts Settings", "External Related Posts", 1, __FILE__, "erp_settings_admin");
    25     }
     50/**
     51 * For loading ExternalRelatedPosts_Options via WordPress action
     52 *
     53 * @since 1.2
     54 * @version 1.2
     55 */
     56function external_related_posts_options_loader() {
     57    ExternalRelatedPosts_Options::instance();
     58}
    2659
    27     function erp_admin_init() {
    28         register_setting('erp_settings', 'erp_options', 'erp_settings_validate');
    29     }
    30 
    31     function erp_settings_validate($options) {
    32         global $wpdb;
    33 
    34         $erp_related_links_title = trim($options['erp_related_links_title']);
    35 
    36         $erp_related_links_title_current = $options['erp_related_links_title_current'];
    37         $update_titles = $options['update_titles'];
    38 
    39         if( !empty($erp_related_links_title) && $erp_related_links_title != $erp_related_links_title_current && $update_titles=='true' ) {
    40             $sql = "UPDATE " . $wpdb->prefix . "posts SET post_content=REPLACE(post_content,'" . $wpdb->escape($erp_related_links_title_current) . "','" . $wpdb->escape($erp_related_links_title) . "') WHERE post_type='post' AND post_status='publish'";
    41 
    42             $wpdb->query( $sql );
    43         }
    44 
    45         return $options;
    46     }
    47 
    48     function erp_settings_admin() {
    49         $options = get_option('erp_options');
    50         ?>
    51         <div class="wrap">
    52             <h2>External Related Posts Settings</h2>
    53             <form name="erp_form" method="post" action="<?php echo str_replace( '%7E', '~', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); ?>">
    54                 <?php settings_fields('erp_settings'); ?>
    55                 <p>Related links title:
    56                 <input type="text" name="erp_options[erp_related_links_title]" value="<?php echo $options['erp_related_links_title']; ?>" /><br />
    57                 <i>Example: &lt;h4&gt;Related External Links&lt;h4&gt;</i><br />
    58                 <input type="checkbox" name="update_titles" value="true" checked="checked" /><input type="hidden" name="erp_related_links_title_current" value="<?php echo $erp_related_links_title; ?>" />&nbsp;Update existing posts with the new title
    59                 </p>
    60                 <p>Use:
    61                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_use]" value="tag" <?php checked('tag', $options['erp_use']); ?> /> Tag
    62                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_use]" value="title" <?php checked('title', $options['erp_use']); ?> /> Title
    63                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_use]" value="category" <?php checked('category', $options['erp_use']); ?> /> Category</p>
    64                 <br />
    65 
    66                 <p>Chance of Running:
    67                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_chance]" value="0" <?php checked('0', $options['erp_chance']); ?> /> 0%
    68                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_chance]" value="25" <?php checked('25', $options['erp_chance']); ?> /> 25%
    69                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_chance]" value="50" <?php checked('50', $options['erp_chance']); ?> /> 50%
    70                 <input type="radio" name="erp_options[erp_chance]" value="100" <?php checked('100', $options['erp_chance']); ?> /> 100%</p>
    71                 <br />
    72                 <p>Maximum number of links to show: <input type="text" name="erp_options[erp_max_links]" size="6" value="<?php echo $options['erp_max_links']; ?>" />
    73                 <p>Number of results to get from Blog Search: <input type="text" name="erp_options[erp_results]" size="6" value="<?php echo $options['erp_results']; ?>" /><br />
    74                 <i>This slows down posting, but ensures that every link returned accepts pingbacks.</i></p>
    75 
    76                 <p>Number of links to make: <input type="text" name="erp_options[erp_linkcount]" size="6" value="<?php echo $options['erp_linkcount']; ?>" /><br />Note: If using tags or categories, you will get this many links per tag/category.  For example, if you set this value to 3 and your post has 2 tags you will get up to 6 links.</p>
    77                 <br />
    78                 <br />
    79 
    80                 <p>Verify blog is accepting pingbacks <input type="checkbox" name="erp_options[erp_verify]" value="true" <?php checked('true', $options['erp_verify']); ?> /></p>
    81 
    82                 <p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Options" /></p>
    83             </form>
    84             <p><strong>Help</strong></p>
    85             <p>Note that note every post will return results, so even with External Related Posts activating on every post you publish you may  have posts with fewer links and pingbacks than you have set.  Because posts just don't exist for your settings, the only way around this is to a) change your External Related Posts settings to use different search criteria (e.g., if you're set to use "tags" then use "category" instead); b) uncheck "verify blog is accepting pingbacks" in the External Related Posts settings; or c) go back and re-publish your post at a later date and hope that someone has a post that matches your criteria. </p>
    86         </div>
    87         <?php
    88     }
    89 }
     60//EOF

  • external-related-posts/trunk/readme.txt

    r291505 r406612  
    11=== External Related Posts ===
    2 Contributors: Josh Team, Eli of Blue Hat SEO, Contempt, James Clawson and Klint Finley, Mike Gogulski
     2Contributors: mintindeed
    33Tags: pingback, trackback, automated links, seo, post, related posts
    4 Requires at least: 2.8.6
    5 Tested up to: 2.9.2
    6 Stable tag: 1.1
     4Requires at least: 3.2
     5Tested up to: 3.2
     6Stable tag: 1.2
    77
    88Grabs related links from Google Blog Search, inserts a link to them into your post and gives them a pingback.
    … …  
    1010== Description ==
    1111
    12 External Related Posts takes either your post title, category or tags and searches Google Blog Search for related blogs.  External Related Posts then adds a link to that blog to your post and pings them, letting them know you made a relevant post on their subject.
     12** This plugin now works! ** It broke shortly after I originally uploaded it last year.  People are still downloading it, so I decided to make it work.  I revamped it and made it totally compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
     13
     14External Related Posts takes the category, tags or custom taxonomy from your post (or custom post type) and searches Google Blog Search for related posts.  External Related Posts then adds a link to that blog to your post and pings them, letting them know you made a relevant post on their subject.
    1315
    1416Controls exist for how many blogs to search for, whether to only post links to blogs that accept pingbacks, how many pingbacks to perform, and a randomizer for how often External Related Posts activates (e.g., every post, 50% of your posts, 25% of your posts).
    … …  
    1921
    2022== Changelog ==
     23= 1.2 =
     24* Updated Google Blog Search URL
     25* Made sure it works with WordPress 3.2
     26* Support for custom taxonomies
     27* Support for custom post types
     28* No longer requires its own table, now stores its cache in the WordPress options table
     29
    2130= 1.1 =
    2231* Final update
    … …  
    3241= The links I'm getting suck, they're barely relevant at all. =
    3342
    34 External Related Posts uses either your post's tags, categories, or title to search for related blogs.  Try changing your tags, categories or title -- this will also change the results you get.  Alternatively, change the External Related Posts settings so that it uses something different for the blog search.
    35 
    36 Also try turning off the "Verify blog is accepting pingbacks" option.  You may not get a pingback but your link quality will likely go up.
     43External Related Posts uses either your post's tags, categories, or title to search for related blogs.  Try changing your tags, categories or title -- this will also change the results you get.
    3744
    3845
    … …  
    4350*   Chance of running
    4451    External Related Posts contains a setting that determines how frequently it runs.  If "Chance of running" is not 100%, then not every post will activate External Related Posts.
    45 *   Use tags, categories, or title
    46     External Related Posts uses either your post's tags, categories, or title to search for related blogs.  If you're not getting many results, try changing which one you use.
     52*   Use tags, categories, or a custom taxonomy
     53    External Related Posts uses either your post's tags, categories, or custom taxonomy to search for related blogs.  If you're not getting many results, try changing which one you use.
    4754*   Search criteria
    48     Try using different tags/categories/title.  For example, if External Related Posts is searching by tags, try changing which tags you're using.  Do your own manual Google Blog Search with your terms and see what results come up.
     55    Try using different tags/categories/taxonomy term.  For example, if External Related Posts is searching by tags, try changing which tags you're using.  Do your own manual Google Blog Search with your terms and see what results come up.
    4956*   Verify blog is accepting pingbacks
    50     Not every blog accepts pingbacks.  If you have this setting checked, try unchecking it.  You may not get pingbacks, but you will get links.
     57    Not every blog accepts pingbacks.  You may not get pingbacks, but you will get links.
    5158*   Wait a few days and try again
    5259    Google Blog Search is always indexing new posts.  If you're not getting any results, go back and re-publish your post at a later date and hope that someone has a post that matches your criteria.
    … …  
    5663= Why does it take so long to post articles now? =
    5764
    58 External Related Posts needs to fetch and process a lot of web pages in order to do its job.
     65External Related Posts needs to fetch and process Google search results in order to do its job.
    5966
    6067= Why do I get a "Page not found" error when posting? =
    … …  
    6572
    6673* Increase PHP's `max_execution_time` and/or `memory_limit` in your php.ini, or
    67 * reduce the "Maximum number of links to show", "Number of results to get from Blog Search", Number of links to make", and/or "Verify blog is accepting pingbacks".
     74* Reduce the "Number of links to make"
    6875
    6976= How can I prevent External Related Posts from running on a given post? =
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